January: Time for Tea

[Renee]

Done :)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Anyone have a scone?

[❀Tea❀]

Congrats Renee ☺


Renee wrote: "Anyone have a scone?"

Maybe we could make them next challenge :P

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎]

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Well done Carmen!

*whispers*
Second door on the right"

Hahahaha

*whispers* thanks

[Asha]

I only ended up getting to Tea for Two... :(

6/11

Step 1 - Boil The Water
Author name beginning with O.
01. Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien ★★★★☆ - 01.01.15


Step 2 - Choose Your Tea
I choose black tea. Read a book with a black cover.
01. Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs ★★★★☆ - 21.01.15
02. Zero Sight by B. Justin Shier ★★★☆☆ - 05.01.15


Step 3 - Steep The Tea
I like my tea strong! Read a book with 301 pages or more.
01. Beneath a Blood Red Moon by Heather Graham ★★☆☆☆ - 11.01.15


Step 4 - Sweet?
I like two spoonfuls of sugar. Read a book that is #2 in a series.
01. Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney ★★★☆☆ - 28.01.15


Step 5 - Black or White?
I like just a dash of milk in my tea. Read a book in the Romance/Chick Lit genre.
01. Loving Jack by Nora Roberts ★★★☆☆ - 20.01.15

[Sherrie]

Well I only finished 3 books for this challenge.

Time for Tea – Duration 1/1/2015-1/31/2015 – Have a Cuppa
3/5 completed

Boil- A Catered Valentine's Day
Red Tea - Die for Me
Strong – Dark Witch
One Spoonful – Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure
Just a Dash - Don't Talk Back To Your Vampire

[Genea]

Fun Challenge - Finished :-)

[Renee]

Asha and Sherrie, it looks like your eyes were bigger than you stomach....

Glad you had fun Genea!

[Lara]

Yea Renee and Genea! And for those who didn't finish, I hope you enjoyed the books you read.

[Michelle]

Post 58 - 2 cups completed. I was working on the third, but did not get to finish it.

[Lara]

Yea Michelle!

[Marla]

Time for Tea
Duration: 1/1-1/31/15
Level: Tea for Two
Completed: 2/4/15

Finished my first cup...

Cup #1
Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
Indelible by Karin Slaughter (1/11/15)

Step 2 - Choose your tea ~ Black - black chai tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson (1/18/15)

Step 3 - Steep the tea - Strong - 301 pages or more
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare (1/12/15)

Step 4 - Sweet? ~ No sugar - Stand alone novel
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (1/14/15)

Step 5 - Black or white? ~ Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
Without Mercy by Lisa Jackson (2/4/15)

[Lara]

Yea Marla! Will you be having more?

[Marla]

Time for Tea
Duration: 1/1-1/31/15
Level: Tea for Two
Completed: 3/1/15

Finished my second cup...

Cup #2
Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore (1/8/15) - in NM desert

Step 2 - Choose your tea ~ Brown - oolong tea genmaicha (roasted brown rice tea)
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Tripwire by Lee Childs (3/1/15)

Step 3 - Steep the tea ~ Medium - 151 to 300 pages
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
The Inside Story by Michael Buckley (1/3/15)

Step 4 - Sweet? ~ No sugar - Stand alone novel
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Leviathan (1/17/15)

Step 5 - Black or white? ~ No milk - General fiction genre
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
Cloud Nine by Luanne Rice (2/11/15)

[Lara]

Yea Marla!

[❀Tea❀]

Congrats Marla ☺

[Marla]

Thanks, better late than never.

[CiCi]

Finally... I can mark this in my done column!
Great job to all who finished in time.

My Completed Challenge Link

[Lara]

Yea Carol! It always feel good to finish a challenge :-)

[❀Tea❀]

Congrats Carol :)

[Alysa]

I'm gonna do this one for Jan 2016!


Gift card #1 of 3: extending challenge thru Feb 2016

Level: Tea party (11 or more books)

Step 1 - Boil the water
Step 2 - Choose your tea
Step 3 - Steep the tea
Step 4 - Sweet?

First Cuppa:
✔ Step 1: B / O / I / L: B: Erin Bow - The Scorpion Rules
✔ Step 2: Black: The Poison Eaters
✔ Step 3: Strong: Perfect Ruin
✔ Step 4: Two spoonfuls of sugar: City of Blades



Second Cuppa:
✔ Step 1: B / O / I / L: O: Patrick O'Brian - Master and Commander
✔ Step 2: Red: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
✔ Step 3: Strong: Charming
✔ Step 4: Honey: Sisters' Fate



Third Cuppa:
✔ Step 1: B / O / I / L: L: Jessica Lourey - Seven Daughters
✔ Step 2: Black: Limbus, Inc.
✔ Step 3: Strong: Waistcoats & Weaponry
✔ Step 4: Honey: Kings Rising



Fourth Cuppa:
✔ Step 1: B / O / I / L: B: Paolo Bacigalupi - The Alchemist
✔ Step 2: Green: The Wild Wood
✔ Step 3: Medium: The Seventh Bride
✔ Step 4: No sugar: Scardust



Total: 16 books
Complete!

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

I also want to do this one in January - have a "tea love" thing going on.

Not sure yet how many I'll do -

Levels
description Have a cuppa - 1 to 5 books
description Tea for two - 6 to 10 books
description Tea party - 11 or more books

First Cup:
Boil The Water: Mermen
Choose Your Tea: Roobios Tea The Starlight Crystal
Steep The Tea: Medium: SeinLanguage
How Sweet: Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 1.6.2015
Anything Else: Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book: Hellforged - Jan 1, 2015

Second Cup:
Boil The Water: Magic Stars
Choose Your Tea:
Steep The Tea: Strong: She's Come Undone
How Sweet: Honey - Book three in a series - Bloodstone 1.1.2016
Anything Else: Lots of Milk Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Third Cup
Boil The Water:
Choose Your Tea:
Steep The Tea:
How Sweet: Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Anything Else:

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea
Green - green tea
White - white tea
Brown - oolong tea
Red - rooibos tea
Orange - herbal tea

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages
Medium - 151 to 300 pages
Strong - 301 pages or more

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
Lemon - Non fiction genre book

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge Alysa and Erin ☺

[Kelly]

Time for Tea
Duration: 1st January - 31st January
Level: Have a cuppa
5/5


Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
- Bone Gap- Read 1/4 ****

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea
Green - green tea - Strands of Bronze and Gold- Read 1/19 ****
White - white tea
Brown - oolong tea
Red - rooibos tea
Orange - herbal tea

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages
Medium - 151 to 300 pages
Strong - 301 pages or more - The Summer Marked - Read 1/13 ****

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
One spoonful - Book one in a series - The Winter People - Read 1/9 ****
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
Honey - Book three in a series
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book - Fangirl - Read 1/9 ****
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
Lemon - Non fiction genre book

[Teri-K]

Time for Tea
Duration: January 2016
Level: Have a Cuppa
Completed: 5/5

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books set in a hot climate.
Margaritas and Murder by Jessica Fletcher 1/2

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea
Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson 1/5

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Strong - 301 pages or more
Stones for Bread by Christa Parrish

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
Sylvester by Georgette Heyer

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
Just a dash - Romance genre book
Tangled Autumn by Betty Neels

[Michelle]

Time For Tea
01/01-31/01
Have a cuppa - 1 to 5 books (5/5)
Cup #1

✔Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.


✔Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Green - green tea


✔Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Strong - 301 pages or more


✔Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
One spoonfuls - Book one in a series


✔Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book -

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge Kelly, Teri-k and Michelle☺

[Donna]

Duration 1 to 31 January
Tea for Two
Current level: Tea Party
books read: 15

1st cup of tea
Step 1 - Boil the water
Deadly Wrong1/2/16 location has a hot climate - Hell

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Green - green tea Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy 1/3/16

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Medium - 151 to 300 pages Saving Santa 188 pgs 1/1/16

Step 4 - Sweet?
One spoonful - Book one in a series How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf 1/3/16

Step 5 - Black or white?
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book Belle of the Ball 1/4/16



2nd cup of tea
Step 1 - Boil the water
Shadow Burns - hot climate (set in LA) 1/1/16

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Raining Men and Corpses brown cover - oolong tea 1/8/16

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Frozen strong- 1/5/16

Step 4 - Sweet?
True Calling -one spoonful 1/5/16

Step 5 - Black or white?
Ashes and Arsenic cream - 1/2/16




3rd cup of tea
Step 1 - Boil the water
Author's name- A Night Of Forever by Lori Brighton1/10/16

Step 2: Choose your tea
Red (rooibos tea) - If the Shoe Fits1/10/16

Step 3: Steep the Tea
weak (under 150 pgs) - A Cupid Kind of Day1/11/16

Step 4: Sweet?
2 spoonfuls(2nd in series) - Wedding Haters1/7/16

Step 5: Black or White?
Soy milk (Mystery/suspense) - You Don't Want To Know1/10/16

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Well done, Donna ☺

Going for another cup?

[Donna]

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Well done, Donna ☺

Going for another cup?"

I might since it is still early in the month.

[Carrie]

I want to try this, I love tea and I need a good challenge for this month. All of you are the best for coming up with these great challenges!

Duration: Jan 1st- Jan 31st
Level: Tea Party
Books Completed: 11/12

First Cup:
√ Boil The Water: Charleston, SC Chamomile Mourning
√ Choose Your Tea: Green Secrets of a Charmed Life
√ Steep The Tea: Strong Once Upon a Grind
√ How Sweet?: No Sugar The Truth According to Us
√ Anything Else?: Lemon Spark Joy: An Illustrated Guide to the Life-Changing KonMari Method


Second Cup:
√ Boil the water: Charleston, SC Blood Orange Brewing
√Choose your tea: Black A Great Deliverance
√ Steep the tea: Strong Me Before You
√ Black or white?: No Milk My Name Is Lucy Barton


Third Cup:
√ Boil the water: Charleston, SC Dragonwell Dead
√ Choose your tea: White The Forgotten Room
Steep the tea: Strong The Ex
How sweet?:
Black or white?:

[Suzanne]

Novel Books & Reading Challenges
Time for Tea
Duration: 1/1/2016 - 1/31/2016

Progress: 5 out of 5

After all those Christmas and New Year celebrations, there's nothing like a hot cup of tea to warm you up and help you wind down. Put the kettle on, grab a book and join in this challenge.

Rules:
Read a book for each of the steps below. Then if you like, have another cuppa and read some more. You may read the steps in order or out of order or skip steps, it's up to you.

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L:
Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 1/11/2016 - Ilona in BOIL



Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
White - white tea: A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare - *** - 1/5/2016



Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages
This Night So Dark by Amie Kaufman - **** - 1/11/2016 - 109 Pages



Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
One spoonful - Book one in a series:
The Dark Side Of Night by Cindy Dees - ***** - 1/16/2016
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
Honey - Book three in a series
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series



Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 1/13/2016 - Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book

[pml]

Time for Tea
Duration: 1 to 31 January 2016
Level: Have a cuppa - 1 to 5 books
Completed: Tea party - 11 or more books

Rules:
Read a book for each of the steps below. Then if you like, have another cuppa and read some more. You may read the steps in order or out of order or skip steps, it's up to you.
Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea
Green - green tea
White - white tea
Brown - oolong tea
Red - rooibos tea
Orange - herbal tea
Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages
Medium - 151 to 300 pages
Strong - 301 pages or more
Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
One spoonful - Book one in a series
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
Honey - Book three in a series
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series
Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
-No milk - General fiction genre
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
Lemon - Non fiction genre book

Cup One
Boil the water: B Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold
Choose your tea: Black tea The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells
Steep the tea: Strong, 464 pages The Wizard Hunters by Martha Wells
Sweet?: Honey (vol. 3) The Gate of Gods by Martha Wells
Black or white?: Cream (Fantasy/sci fi) The Ships of Air by Martha Wells


Cup Two
Boil the water: L A Liaden Universe Constellation: Volume II by Sharon Lee
Choose your tea: Green tea Yotsuba&!, Vol. 9 by Kiyohiko Azuma
Steep the tea: Medium, 224 pages Yotsuba&!, Vol. 10 by Kiyohiko Azuma
Sweet?: No sugar (Stand alone novel) Greenglass House by Kate Milford
Black or white?: Soy milk (Mystery/thriller) A Taste of the Nightlife by Sarah Zettel


Cup Three
Boil the water: B Blood-C, Vol. 04 by CLAMP
Choose your tea: White tea My Neighbor Seki, 5 by Takuma Morishige
Steep the tea: Medium, 180 pages My Neighbor Seki, 4 by Takuma Morishige
Sweet?: Honey (vol. 3) My Neighbor Seki, 3 by Takuma Morishige
Black or white?: Lemon (Non fiction) Magic Soup: 100 Recipes for Health and Happiness by Nicole Pisani


Cup Four
Boil the water: B The Brimstone Deception by Lisa Shearin
Choose your tea: Brown/oolong tea The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones
Steep the tea: Strong, 608 pages The Winter King by C.L. Wilson
Sweet?: One spoonful (vol. 3) Necromancing Nim by Katriena Knights
Black or white?: Just a dash (Romance/chick lit) Beg by C.D. Reiss


Cup Five
Boil the water: B The Goblin Brothers Adventures by Lindsay Buroker
Choose your tea: Orange/herbal tea Natsume's Book of Friends, Vol. 19 by Yuki Midorikawa
Steep the tea: Strong, 924 pages Power and Majesty by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Sweet?: Two spoonfuls (vol. 2) The Shattered City by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Black or white?: Cream (Fantasy/sci fi) Star Wars: The Force Awakens by Alan Dean Foster


Cup Six
Boil the water: O An Officer's Duty by Jean Johnson
Choose your tea: Black tea Damnation by Jean Johnson
Steep the tea: Strong, 479 pages Hellfire by Jean Johnson
Sweet: Artificial sweetener (vol. 4) Hardship by Jean Johnson
Black or white?: Cream (Fantasy/sci fi) A Soldier's Duty by Jean Johnson


Cup Seven
Boil the water: L A Liaden Universe Constellation: Volume III by Sharon Lee
Choose your tea: Red/rooibos tea The Element of Fire by Martha Wells
Steep the tea: Weak, 32 pages The Glass Galago by A.M. Dellamonica
Sweet?: No sugar (Stand alone novel) The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos by Anne Carson
Black or white?: Cream (Fantasy/sci fi) The Sleeping God by Violette Malan


Cup Eight
Boil the water: L Lab Rat One by Andrea K. Höst
Choose your tea: Black tea Reflections by Seanan McGuire
Steep the tea: Strong, 416 pages Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
Sweet?: Honey (vol.3) Caszandra by Andrea K. Höst
Black or white?: Lots of milk (Young Adult/new adult) Stray by Andrea K. Höst

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the tea party, Donna, Carrie, Suzanne and pml. ☺

[Aisha]

This is such a great idea!

Duration: January 1 - 31st, 2016
Level: Tea for Two (I think?)
Progress: 3 of 8 books

Boil The Water:
√ B: Mitosis by Brandon Sanderson
O: Oryx and Crake
I: I Am America
L: Station Eleven, Character: Arthur Leander

Choose Your Tea:
Herbal Tea (Orange): This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It

Steep The Tea:
√ Medium: Alice (292 pages)

How Sweet?:
√ One Spoonful (Book 1): Legion

Anything Else?:
Cream (Fantasy/Sci-Fi): Firefight

[LaurLa]

Time for Tea
Duration: January 2016

Level: Tea party - 11 or more books

Cup One
◘ Boil the water: Hot climate - For the Good of All - Nicky Charles - Central America
◘ Choose your tea: Oolong tea - Immortal in Death - JD Robb - brown cover
◘ Steep the tea: Medium - Going Down Hard - Tawny Weber - 224 pgs
◘ Sweet?: Honey - Blood Magick - Nora Roberts - book 3
◘ Black or white?: Just a dash - Pirate's Bride - Lynette Vinet -romance/chick lit genre


Cup Two
◘ Boil the water: Hot climate - Hidden Agendas - Lora Leigh - Columbia
◘ Choose your tea: White tea - Bedroom Games - Jessica Clare - white cover
◘ Steep the tea: Strong - Double Dare - R.L. Mathewson - 301 pgs
◘ Sweet?: Two spoonfuls - Like No Other Lover - Julie Anne Long - book 2
◘ Black or white?: Cream - Feral Sins - Suzanne Wright -fantasy genre


Cup Three
◘ Boil the water: Author last name B - Prisoner of Desire - Jennifer Blake
◘ Choose your tea: Rooibos tea - Joy and Anger - Jennifer Blake - red cover
◘ Steep the tea: Weak - Asking For Trouble - Jannine Gallant - 111 pgs
◘ Sweet?: One spoonful - Bad Medicine - JD Faver - book 1
◘ Black or white?: Just a dash - Start Me Up - Victoria Dahl - romance/chick lit genre

[Donna]

completed 3 cups of tea - msg 177

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome Aisha and LauraLa ☺


Congrats Donna :)

[Mandi]

Time For Tea
Duration: Jan 1st- Jan 31st

Books Completed: 8

First Cup:
✔Step 1 - All Hung Up
✔Step 2 - Black Legacy
✔Step 3 - Interlude in Death
✔Step 4 - Friday Night Bites
✔Step 5 - Breathe

Second Cup:
✔Step 1 - The Mane Event
✔Step 2 - Moon Called
✔Step 3 - Dante's Gift
✔Step 4 - Blood Bound
✔Step 5 - Spiritbound

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge (and group) Mandi ☺

[Suzanne]

Done!

Novel Books & Reading Challenges
Time for Tea
Duration: 1/1/2016 - 1/31/2016

Progress: 5 out of 5

After all those Christmas and New Year celebrations, there's nothing like a hot cup of tea to warm you up and help you wind down. Put the kettle on, grab a book and join in this challenge.

Rules:
Read a book for each of the steps below. Then if you like, have another cuppa and read some more. You may read the steps in order or out of order or skip steps, it's up to you.

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L:
Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 1/11/2016 - Ilona in BOIL



Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
White - white tea: A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare - *** - 1/5/2016



Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages
This Night So Dark by Amie Kaufman - **** - 1/11/2016 - 109 Pages



Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
One spoonful - Book one in a series:
The Dark Side Of Night by Cindy Dees - ***** - 1/16/2016
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
Honey - Book three in a series
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series



Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 1/13/2016 - Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Congrats Suzanne ☺

[Jess]

I only just saw this but tea is pretty much my favourite thing ever so I have to join in! I'm drinking tea as I set up my post, of course ;)

1 to 31 January
Level: Have a cuppa - 1 to 5 books

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.

Step 2 - Choose your tea ✔
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea
The Deep by Nick Cutter

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Strong - 301 pages or more

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book

[LaurLa]

Three cups and I think I am overflowing!!


Time for Tea
Duration: January 2016

Level: Tea party - 11 or more books

✔✔Cup One
✔Boil the water: Hot climate - For the Good of All - Nicky Charles - Central America - 01.03 ★★★★
✔Choose your tea: Oolong tea - Immortal in Death - JD Robb - brown cover - 01.06 ★★★★
✔Steep the tea: Medium - Going Down Hard - Tawny Weber - 224 pgs - 01.02 ★★★
✔Sweet?: Honey - Blood Magick - Nora Roberts - book 3 - 01.08 ★★★★
✔Black or white?: Just a dash - Pirate's Bride - Lynette Vinet -romance/chick lit genre - 01.07 ★★★


✔✔Cup Two
✔Boil the water: Hot climate - Hidden Agendas - Lora Leigh - Columbia - 01.14 ★★★★
✔Choose your tea: White tea - Bedroom Games - Jessica Clare - white cover - 01.09 ★★★★
✔Steep the tea: Strong - Double Dare - R.L. Mathewson - 301 pgs - 01.08 ★★★
✔Sweet?: Two spoonfuls - Like No Other Lover - Julie Anne Long - book 2 - 01.17 ★★★★
✔Black or white?: Cream - Feral Sins - Suzanne Wright -fantasy genre - 01.18 ★★★★★


✔✔Cup Three
✔Boil the water: Author last name B - Prisoner of Desire - Jennifer Blake - 01.30 ★★★
✔Choose your tea: Rooibos tea - Joy and Anger - Jennifer Blake - red cover - 01.31 ★★★
✔Steep the tea: Weak - Asking For Trouble - Jannine Gallant - 111 pgs - 01.09 ★★★
✔Sweet?: One spoonful - Bad Medicine - JD Faver - book 1 - 01.27 ★★★
✔Black or white?: Just a dash - Start Me Up - Victoria Dahl - romance/chick lit genre - 01.24 ★★★★

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge Jess :)


Congrats LaurLa :)
*whispers*
second door on the right

[Alysa]

Done!
#170

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Congrats Alysa!

[Rachel]

I LOVE tea, so I'm totally in!!

Duration 1 to 31 January
Rules
Read a book for each of the steps below. Then if you like, have another cuppa and read some more. You may read the steps in order or out of order or skip steps, it's up to you.

Cup 1
✔Step 1 - Boil the Water White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi Finished 1/2/2017
✔Step 2 - Choose your tea - red Psycho by Robert Bloch Finished 1/7/2016
✔Step 3 - Weak - under 150 pages Prophecy by Ellen Oh Finished 1/3/17
✔Step 4- Sweet? One spoonful of sugar Revenge of the Living Dummy by R.L. Stine Finished 1/13/2016
✔Step 5 - Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon Finished 1/6/17


Cup 2
Step 1: Boil the Water
✔Step 2: Choose your tea - White The Terror by Dan Simmons Finished 1/18/17
✔Step 3: Steep the tea Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror by Ellen Datlow Finished 1/26/17
Step 4: Sweet? No sugar - stand-alone novel Maldoror and Poems by Comte de Lautréamont Finished 1/26/17
✔Step 5: Lemon - nonfiction genre Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror: Speculative Genre Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers by Laurie Lamson Finished 1/16/17

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Directions under the cut: (view spoiler)[
Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea
Green - green tea
White - white tea
Brown - oolong tea
Red - rooibos tea
Orange - herbal tea

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages
Medium - 151 to 300 pages
Strong - 301 pages or more

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
One spoonful - Book one in a series
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
Honey - Book three in a series
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
Lemon - Non fiction genre book

Levels
description Have a cuppa - 1 to 5 books
description Tea for two - 6 to 10 books
description Tea party - 11 or more books (hide spoiler)]

[Holli]

This one sounds cute, and I love tea. Well, iced tea anyway.

Time for Tea
Duration: January 2017
Level: Have a cuppa

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.

Taken by Passion 1/3/17 (steamy book)

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea
Green - green tea
White - white tea
Brown - oolong tea
Red - rooibos tea
Orange - herbal tea

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages
Medium - 151 to 300 pages
Strong - 301 pages or more Passionate Ink: A Guide to Writing Erotic Romance 1/14/17 (360 pgs)

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
One spoonful - Book one in a series
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
Honey - Book three in a series
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
Lemon - Non fiction genre book

[Sarah]

Tea is my favorite beverage, so I have to take advantage of this challenge and have at least a cup.

Step 1 - Boil the water
Books where title begins with B, O, I or L.
Once Upon a Prince 1/10/17 **
Step 2 - Black - black tea
1/17/17 ****
Step 3 - Steep the tea Strong - 301 pages or more
A Court of Thorns and Roses- 416 pages 1/10/17 ***.5
Step 4 - Sweet? Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
The Long Game 1/7/17 ****
Step 5 - Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book
The Beauty of Darkness 1/5/17 *****

[Marissa]

✔️Update: Completed 1/25/2017✔️

I'll give this a go!

Duration: 01/01/2017 - 01/31/2017
Level: Tea for Two (6-10 books)
Progress: 10/10 Books

Cup 1
Step 1: Boil (Author's First Name Starts with 'L')
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand (01/18/2017)
Step 2: Herbal Tea (Orange Cover)
Allegiant by Veronica Roth (01/05/2017)
Step 3: Weak Tea (Under 150 Pages)
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (01/02/2017)
Step 4: No Sugar (Standalone Novel)
What the Night Knows by Dean Koontz (01/09/2017)
Step 5: Lemon (Nonfiction)
World's Greatest Wonders - From Man-Made Masterpieces to Breathtaking Surprises of Nature by Parragon Books (01/08/2017)



Cup 2
Step 1: Boil (Title Starts with 'L')
Lord of the Flies by William Golding (01/21/17)
Step 2: Black Tea (Black Cover)
Murder On the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (01/13/17)
Step 3: - Medium Tea (151-300 pages)
Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne (01/25/17)
Step 4: - One Spoonful (Book One in a Series)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (01/23/17)
Step 5: Lots of Milk (YA)
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon (01/19/17)